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Fbi, also a former chief of staff to james comey while he was director of the fbi. chuck rosenberg, an analyst and max booth, for national security stud dis and a former foreign policy adviser for mccain, romney, rubio. max, i want did go to you first on this last part of the k.t. mcfarland e-mails where she says if there is a tit for tat escalation trump will have difficulty improving sanctions. your interpretation of that? >> well, i think its ambiguous. give k.t. benefit of the doubt. you can...

Order. and then this happened. turns out mr. manafort having an article ghost written to appear in the press and to potentially influence folks about what he did or didnt do. so the government did absolutely the thing that it ought to do. you bring it to the courts attention, number one. and you move to set more stringent conditions of release. >> max, to go back to the e-mails, theres -- what is very clear in those e-mails is the trump administration, the trump transition team was interested in...

Connected with trump did. a fast quote here of cnn just recently. at least 12 trump associates had contacts with the russians in the campaign. there were at least 19 face to face interactions with russians or kremlin-linked figures. at least 51 communications. meetings, phone calls, e-mails, et cetera. and how many lies have there been about the meetings and communications? there is no innocent explanation for this, lawrence. there is no innocent explanation. they have not provided one. theres a...

At least 51 communications. meetings, phone calls, e-mails, et cetera. and how many lies have there been about the meetings and communications? there is no innocent explanation for this, lawrence. there is no innocent explanation. they have not provided one. theres a reason why theyre lying and everybody from mike flynn to mcfarland to jeff sessions to kushner and donald trump jr. and donald trump himself theyre all lying trying to cover something up. we dont know the full extent and obvious its...

With russia which has just thrown usa election to him she wrote. joining us now, chuck rosenberg, former counsel to robert mueller while he was the director of the fbi, also a former chief of staff to james comey while he was director of the fbi. chuck rosenberg, an analyst and max booth, for national security stud dis and a former foreign policy adviser for mccain, romney, rubio. max, i want did go to you first on this last part of the k.t. mcfarland e-mails where she says if there is a tit for...

Reducing taxes, limited government. max, when wiyou were at "the wa street journal," you believed in those things. on economics, i dont see why you have parted company with him. >> well, steve, i think its fair to say that my problems with donald trump go well beyond the policy realm, although a lot of his policies are deeply troubling including pulling out of the trans-pacific trade accord, pulling out of the paris climate accord. using this kind of loud rhetoric that increases the risk of nort...

Full collapse." is the establishment collapsing? is. >> well, theres no question that donald trump -- this is a new party. i think max is right about that. i like the direction in a lot of ways of this new party. its a new populist party that is really moving toward primarily helping the middle class improve their economic situation. look, it was people like my friend, max, and jeff flake who i supported in the past who back in the campaign said donald trump is the tie taptic for the republican ...

[ bloop ] huh? hey? i paused it. bam, family time. so how is everyone? find your awesome with xfinity xfi and change the way you wifi. two republican senators blasted president trump with some blistering criticism this week, but has anything really changed in the gop? lets discuss now, max booth, senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and the author of "invisible armies." he joins us. cnn senior economics analyst, steven moeore, who was an advisr to the trump campaign. good evening,...

This is charlie dent of pennsylvania. >> weve had too many of these emperor has no clothed moments. and i said to my colleagues its important when you agree with the president, say publicly when you support him. but you shouldnt be afraid to check him when he moves in a bad direction or call him out when he does something inappropriate or offensive. we shouldnt be afraid to do that. i think people are afraid of their bases in too many cases. >> and max, that is considered heresy by most republic...

Is a, historic, and believe profoundly misguided. >> max recently wrote in foreign policy magazine, corker says that virtually all his fellow republican senators agree with him but instead sof saying in public what they say in private these invertebrate office holders try to change the subject or refuse to comment. they are making a mockery of their oaths to support and defend the constitution. if they truly believe that trump is not fit for office then they have an obligation to impeach and rem...